Use of chemical weapons in syria

Syria arrests former officer accused of overseeing production of sarin bombs

Potential charges could include murder and participation in the use of prohibited weapons, as well as war crimes or crimes against humanity if supported by evidence. 

Former Syrian army Col. Ahmad Habib Ali is seen in detention following his arrest by Syrian authorities. Syria's Interior Ministry says he supervised the production of sarin-filled aerial bombs used in attacks between 2013 and 2017.
Chemical weapons disposal [file]

Syrian officials find remnants of chemical weapons program from Assad regime era - report

 Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025.

Syria unveils plan to rid country of Assad's chemical weapons stockpile

CHILDREN HOLD flags next to a sculpture of Druze warrior Sultan Pasha al-Atrash after Syrian rebels announced the ousting of president Bashar Assad, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, earlier this month.

Syria vows to rid itself of Assad's chemical weapons legacy


'Post' uncovers Israeli medical treatment of Syrian gas attack victims

Rebels and two sources confirm casualties of a chlorine attack near the Hermon in Syria sought treatment in Israel.

Syrian Civil Defence members wear gas masks near the site of what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in the Idlib countryside [File]

UN: Syrian gov't forces used chemical weapons more than two dozen times

In their 14th report since 2011, UN investigators said they had in all documented 33 chemical weapons attacks to date.

A United Nations (U.N.) chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria August 29, 2013.

Assad behind April 4 chemical attack, French intelligence confirms

Among the elements found in the samples were hexamine, a hallmark of sarin produced by the Syrian government.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.

Russia complains to US over exclusion from Syria chemical probe

Trump said last week that relations with Moscow "may be at an all-time low."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shakes hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, April 12, 2017.

Trump changes the rules of the game: The impact of the strike in Syria

For the Trump administration, the strike in Syria – limited and demonstrative in nature, but strategically resounding and timely – served all purposes at once.

PEOPLE ATTEND a protest against American airstrikes in Syria, in front of a United Nations building in Damascus.

Eric Trump: Ivanka influenced father to launch Syria strikes

Was Ivanka behind her father's big move?

Ivanka Trump

Report: ISIS militants use mustard gas in attack on Deir al-Zor airport

Syrian state media did not disclose how many casualties were sustained.

Syrian opposition group carries out chemical weapons drill (illustrative)

On the Syrian crisis

"The Syrian refugee crisis facing Europe is a challenge that started long before there were Syrian refugees bound for Europe."

Jerusalem Post Washington bureau chief Michael Wilner delivering an address on the Syrian crisis in Denmark's parliament, January 9, 2016

Ya'alon in Washington: Israel 'very worried' about Iranian presence in Syria

"Attempts to transfer chemical or advanced weapons to Hezbollah will not be tolerated," says Defense Minister.

Former defense minister Moshe Yaalon

Israel et les armes chimiques

Jérusalem estime ne pas être en mesure de ratifier la Convention sur les armes chimiques, tant que la région n’est pas exempte d’armes de destruction massive

Démantèlement d'armes chimiques